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Gordon Griffith

Biography

Gordon Griffith (July 4, 1907 – October 12, 1958) was an American assistant director, film producer, and one of the first child actors in the American movie industry. Griffith worked in the film industry for five decades, acting in over 60 films, and surviving the transition from silent films to talkies. During his acting career, he worked with Charlie Chaplin, and was the first actor to portray Tarzan on film.

Griffith died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 51.

[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Known For

Kilmeny
Kilmeny
Caught in a Cabaret
Caught in a Cabaret
The Village Blacksmith
The Village Blacksmith
Those Country Kids
Those Country Kids
The Star Boarder
The Star Boarder
Twenty Minutes of Love
Twenty Minutes of Love
The Branded Man
The Branded Man
Blazing Justice
Blazing Justice

Filmography

1936 Outlaws of the Range
as Grant
1936 Blazing Justice
as Max
1935 Gun Play
as Henchman Mark
1935 Bars of Hate
as Jim Grant
1935 Western Frontier
as Henchman Steve
1935 What Price Crime
as Red - a Gangster
1935 Speed Limited
as Government Man
1928 The Branded Man
as Bruce
1926 The Cat's Pajamas
as
1925 Little Annie Rooney
as Tim Rooney
1923 Main Street
as Cy Bogart
1922 Catch My Smoke
as Bub Jessup
1922 The Village Blacksmith
as Bill as a Child
1922 Penrod
as Sam Williams
1921 Cameron of the Royal Mounted
as
1921 The Adventures of Tarzan
as
1921 Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
1921 A Daughter of the Law
as Pete Jepsen
1920 The Son of Tarzan
as Jack
1920 Huckleberry Finn
as Tom Sawyer